Washington State's (5-11 overall, 1-5 Pac-10) final possession had the Cougars down by two with only seconds left, and an Amanda DuRocher's desperation three-point attempt came up short resulting in a two-point outcome in favor of Arizona (7-10 overall, 1-4 Pacific-10 Conference).

Joy Hollingsworth led three Wildcats in double-digits with 18 points. Amina Njonkou scored 13 and Ashley Whisonant chipped in 11 points for Arizona.

Arizona shot 1-for-11 from the free-throw line in the last minute of the game. WSU cut the Arizona lead to four at 57-53 after an Ebonee Coates lay-in with one-minute remaining. WSU quickly fouled Arizona's Hollingsworth with :52 left and Hollingsworth went 1-of-2 from the charity stripe. From that point on, Arizona would shoot nine more free-throws missing all of them. The Cougars cut the lead to two with :23 left after a Nakejia Kelly lay-in. WSU's last two possession had them down by two, due to the miss free-throws from the Wildcats, but the two attempted three-pointers would not fall for WSU as Arizona hung onto the two-point victory.

The Wildcats erased an eight-point deficit set by the strong first half from the Cougars as Arizona opened the second half on an 8-0 run to tie the game at 32.

In the first half, the Cougars started slow and found themselves down 6-0 with 17:20 left to play until halftime. Appleton got the Cougars out of a slump with back-to-back three-pointers and followed it up with a jumper giving the Cougars an 8-6 advantage with 14:42 left in the half. The Cougars would eventually give up their lead after a Joy Hollingsworth three-pointer, which put Arizona ahead 13-12 with 9:03 remaining. The Cougars would come roaring back with a trey of their own from Appleton giving WSU a 15-13 lead with 8:48 in the half. WSU built its lead to game-high of 11-points at 27-16 at the 4:14 mark. Back-to-back baskets by Arizona cut the WSU lead and the Cougars headed into halftime with an eight-point advantage at 32-24.

WSU out shot the Wildcats 61-50, but only scored one more basket than Arizona. WSU and Arizona both committed 22 turnovers.

WSU travels back home to host two more Pac-10 games against the California Bears and the Stanford Cardinal.